That red car is looking great, its nice to see one of these cars saved and had some love put into making it nice again. Its easy to underestimate the sheer amount of work and time it takes to fix up a car. One of these days I have to drive the 405 with all of the praise they're given.
Enjoy your break from working on the Peugeots, and the new Lotus .
Good progress so far. If you can't locate a clutch alignment tool, I understand that you can use a dowel the right size to align it. I have a lathe, so when I do my car, I'm going to cut some plastic rod to the right size to locate it.
I might have enough parts to piece one of these together if your car has the dual knob style mirror. I have an 83 with that style mirror, and an extra set from a junkyard car that I used for parts.
That’s too bad. I know the guy didn’t know/wasn’t really sure what was wrong with the cars. I just as well assumed that the engines and transmissions were likely toast.
Still, you did get the best looking one of the bunch. If I wanted to deal with the turbo hassle I would have been all over that one.
Is that one of the cars from eastern VA? I was just looking at those the other day.
I would be sorely tempted to fix whatever is wrong with that one and restore it to a road car, since it appears to be a decent survivor. Especially if you have parts.
Any idea what price you would like for these parts? I'm was planning to buy the right taillight at some point to replace a cracked on on my car, and might even splurge for the euro lenses.
I’m on the east coast, VA. I think we’ve talked on the FB group, you sold me some parts awhile back. The car is a turbo wagon I found in a local yard. I’ve been picking some parts off of for various members.
I don’t know that it wasn’t a regular XD3 and I was mistaken. I will have to go back to that yard at some point as their prices were reasonable. They also had a rust 604 that looked complete.
I have access to a junkyard N9TE motor, with complete intercooler assembly, if you decide to go closer to the stock GTD setup, I could pull it for you.